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Discover Gloucester Weekly From Linn Parisi
Hey, Joey!
Fancy meeting you at the Muscular Dystrophy Association’s Lock Up fundraiser at LobstaLand yesterday!
Pilar Garro from the Beauport Sleeper-McCann house on Eastern Point (which is open for the season, btw) recommended that I get "arrested" for the truly good cause- Thanks, Pilar!
I had a great time at the event. The best part is that so many friends and family members contributed to my "bail" ahead of my being "arrested" that I didn’t have to make phone calls. Thanks to all who donated to help put a halt to this horrible disease. We raised nearly $2400!
Thanks to Corey and his crew at LobstaLand for hosting the event and feeding all the participants.
The pics attached are of me being served my warrant by Manny Simoes’ nephew, Officer Simoes; getting into the police car to be driven to the Lock Up (my first and last time in the back seat of a cruiser :); yours truly behind bars; Pam Macaurelle from CruisePort making desperate calls for bail; and Joey bringing Pam a bail check. Too fun!
The last and totally unrelated picture is a UK Travel Channel TV show called "American Times" filming the star/host, Julian, eating a lobster in the rough at Roy Moore’s on Bearskin Neck- in the pouring rain on Monday. Everything we tried to do that day for their show, which was about fish & fishing, lobsters & lobstering, was derailed due to the nor’easter. Not a fish to be found in the City; too rough to go out on the water. They managed to get enough footage done, but it took us hours and we were drenched and cold at the end of the long day.
Thanks to all of the Discover Gloucester partners who tried to help during the day, and did help to get the job done.
Another TV show film crew will be here on Sunday. This one is from Italy, RAI 3- like our PBS channel 2.
This time the media FAM is about art, culture and history. Hopefully, no rain on Sunday- please?!
Linn Parisi
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Brooklyn Music Scene
The M Shanghai String Band at the Jalopy Theater and Music School in Red Hook, Brooklyn.
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Rocky Neck Gallery Opens for the Season
The Rocky Neck Gallery opens for the season on Thursday, June 7.
The public is invited to an Opening Reception on Saturday, June 16 from 6-8 p.m. to meet new and returning artists. Working in both traditional and contemporary genres, North Shore painters, photographers, sculptors, potters, jewelers, cabinet makers, multi media artists and print makers show their work at the cooperative gallery located on charming Smith Cove in the very heart of Gloucester’s newly designated Rocky Neck Cultural District. This year the gallery welcomes seven new members: jewelers Katherine Bagley and Deborah Way, and painters Debbie Schraedieck, Phyllis Feld, Elizabeth Gauthier, Dina Gomery, and Kathleen Staab.
A special feature of the gallery is the very successful Summer Artist Series that exhibits a solo artist or a group show for three weeks throughout the summer. Painter Elizabeth Gauthier’s show “Simplicity through Form and Color” is the first in the series this season.
Gauthier is an artist and teacher from Manchester-by-the-Sea. Elizabeth earned her BFA with a dual degree in Fine Art and Art Education at Mass College of Art and her MFA from Boston University. She has taught various art disciplines at the high school level and in different arenas for many years on Cape Ann and in Boston. She continues to paint and exhibit in the Greater Boston area.
The public is cordially invited to attend the opening reception for both the regular gallery artists and for Elizabeth Gauthier’s Summer Artists Series show on Saturday, June 16 from 6 – 8 p.m.
Rocky Neck Gallery, 153 Rocky Neck Avenue, Gloucester MA 01930, 978-282-0917, www.rockyneckgallery.com Hours: Sun.-Wed. 11 am – 6 pm; Thu. – Sat. 11 am – 8 pm.
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Are you in this video? Depends on were you were on May 5 …
If you were at Minglewood Tavern on May 5, you just might be in Brad Byrd‘s new video On My Way Down shot by Hollywood Director Brandon Rose that night. If you can’t remember May 5, perhaps you’re the one dancing, singing the words and pointing in the air at 1:24 seconds into this video.
You may remember our series on Brad’s hit video Zero to the 101 shot by Brandon on St. Pat’s day (here’s some behind the scenes footage of that shoot).
Brad is Allen Estes‘ guest on this week’s Local Music Seen, which premieres tonight at 6:30pm on Cape Ann TV Channel 12. It’s a half hour of excellent music and fascinating dialogue between two of Cape Ann’s best songwriters. Plus you’ll get to hear three songs by Brad and Allen’s new song The Trouble with Me.
When the show is over, you can choose from half a dozen live music venues tonight with music for every taste you could imagine. See the full live music schedule here.
Have you seen the sun today? It’s coming back and will be here in full force soon enough, which is a good reminder to save $12 by getting your tickets now for the Gloucester Blues Festival on Saturday August 11 at Stage Fort Park. See you there!
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Psychedelic Relics @ Cape Ann Brewery June 9, 2012 @ 9:oo pm
Choate House, Essex
The Choate House sits on 135-acre Choate Island (formerly called Hog Island). The island is part of the 700-acre Crane Wildlife Refuge, which includes Castle Hill, Crane Beach, and six other islands; all owned by the Trustees of Reservations. Choate Island was originally farmed by the Native American Agawam tribe, then by Europeans in 1655, who built the Choate House around 1730. In 1996, Choate Island was the location set for the Salem witch trials film: The Crucible. Choate is open daily year-round, featuring dockage for private boats, guided tours (in season), bird-watching, and hiking.
Printed photographically from the original 35mm transparency film.
Fred
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Herbert George (H.G.) Wells Quote of The Week From Greg Bover
"Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo."
Herbert George (H.G.) Wells (1866-1946)
Born in the county of Kent in England, Welles is primarily known for his speculative fiction successes, The War of the Worlds and The Time Machine, although he wrote novels in other genres and a great deal of non-fiction history. His early training as a biologist is reflected in the Darwinian nature of many of his plot lines, though he was a prominent member of the socialist Fabian Society. A controversial figure in English literary circles, Welles supported eugenics and spoke against Zionism until his horror at the actions of the Nazis caused him to reverse both stands. He had several lovers of note, including early contraception proponent Margaret Sanger and Rebecca Sackville-West, with whom he fathered a son, Anthony. Welles was the founder of an organization to promote better industrial design in Britain, as well as another to combat diabetes, from which he suffered. Along with Hugo Gernsback and Jules Verne he is often called “The Father of Science Fiction.” It is reported that he wished his epitaph to read “I told you so, you damned fools,” but he was cremated and his ashes scattered at sea.
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Big Time Props To The Efficient, Friendly and Hard Working Staff At Cape Ann Insurance
I go to get a sticker for my pick up and the kind folks at Gaybrook inform me that my truck isn’t registered.
I call up the girls at Cape Ann insurance (they open at 8:30AM) head down and within 3 minutes I have myself a registered truck and sticker for my license plate.
All done with a smile and some friendly banter about how we all dig Tacos Lupita.
But beyond the stellar friendly service, the rates that they give to me personally and our business is far and away less than what we were paying at the old school insurance agency where our family had been for years. We were loyal to that old company for a long long while and when we asked to re-examine our policies because they seemed way out of line with what our friends were paying for similar vehicles with similar coverage they didn’t seem to be able to compete for one reason or another.
So now we are with Cape Ann Insurance and couldn’t be happier. I’m not getting any special treatment for writing this, we aren’t doing advertising for Cape Ann Insurance I just want to forward on when I think my readership can benefit from something.
They rock. If you are happy with your insurance agency then stick with them. But if you feel like your rates are way out of line, give them a call. It can’t hurt. (and they’re really really nice)
Cape Ann Insurance
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Down by the Docks – Brooklyn Style
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Gloucester City Hall 2012
Gloucester City Hall 2012
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Inside The Numbers: 41,862 Views and Top Ten Posts For 6/4/12
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Update Kayak Found and More Info: In Search of Lost Kayak
This report was filed yesterday 6/4/12 by Bill O’Connor:
Hi Joe,
My neighbors lost their kayak overboard last night and I was hoping you would post this photo of it on the slim chance that it is still floating around in the harbor somewhere. People can call Anne at 978.281.4476 if they find it!
Thanks,
~Bill O’Connor
Bill O’Connor says:
June 4, 2012 at 5:17 pm (Edit)
Update: This was found on Eastern Point!
Bruce MacDonald chimes in with some useful information:
Hi Joey!
I saw the posting on the lost kayak and thought it might be useful to remind the GMG’ers about the Vessel Identification Sticker for Canoe, Kayak or Rowboat. They are usually available at the Coast Guard and Harbormasters office and serve a couple of purposes.
First, if it gets stolen or floats away, there are points of contact information on it, second if a canoe or kayak is found floating off shore and a man overboard is suspected, the same contact info may be used to confirm that someone may be missing or OK.
I hope this helps!
Bruce MacDonald
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At the Wheel
Had a great,but fast, visit to Brooklyn. Here’s Brian at the wheel of his 24′ Nimble Nomad Puffin in Jamaica Bay.
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JJ Jinglenuts Week
This coming Saturday marks two years since the passing of the most famous GMG cat and internet phenom (besides lolcat), JJ Jinglenuts. Joey on 6/9/2010.
So this week we can post our favorite Jinglenuts story. One that I have is that Joey posted several times how JJ liked to clean his junk. Several times.
And then just a few minutes later JJ is wishing everyone a Happy Easter by licking Easter cookies.
My dog Stella is scratching her head on this one.
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What is Donna Ardizzoni So Shocked By?
Could it be Joey’s uncensored display of his true feelings about R. Duck at Mug Up? Even the unflappable Ed looks a little dismayed. And poor visiting Goettemann Residency artist, Katerina Smirnova from Siberia, doesn’t know what to think. After all, it is only an innocent little rubber duck.
Inquiring minds want to know: What has R. Duck done to make Joey dislike her so much?
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Blues Festival Performer Preview
On August 11, Paul Benjamin & Bob Hastings bring some of the world’s best blues artists to Gloucester for what we hope will be an annual event, the Gloucester Blues Festival. In this video (the first of our week-long Blues Festival Series) the producers give you a preview of some of the music you’ll hear and artists you’ll see. Remember, you can save $12 if you buy tickets in advance ~ Get tickets here.
It’s a great week for music on Cape Ann with 22 artists performing between now and Thursday alone! See the full music lineup here.
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GHS Sailing Team 2012
GHS Sailing Team 2012
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Celebration of the Feast of the Holy Spirit
D.E.S. – “Divino Espírito Santo”
Fatima and Manuel Silva Honored with the Holy Crown
Harold Ercolani –President of the DES
Taylor Benttencourt –Carries the New DES Crown
The History of the Holy Ghost Feast
The original Holy Ghost Feast was held during the reign of Elizabeth (Isabel) of Portugal, who lived from 1271 to 1336. She was known as a peacemaker and as “The Holy Queen” who was devoted to the Holy Spirit. She built a church dedicated to the name of the Holy Spirit in Lisbon and often demonstrated her devotion to her people and their well-being. There are many stories of the Queen’s piety and service, but the dearest to the Portuguese people of the Azores is the one explaining their devotion to Queen Elizabeth and the Holy Ghost. In the 13th century, the Azores Islands suffered from many violent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. The most seriously hit was the Island of Pico. The people of these Azores Islands could not survive the drought, crop failures, and famine that now plagued them. They gathered together in prayer to the Holy Ghost for help. On the morning of Pentecost Sunday, there was a great rising sun, and the people of these islands saw in the sunrise a ship coming into the Port of Fayal. This ship was laden with necessities of life. The food was distributed among the people of the various islands, and they were very grateful that their prayers had been answered. When their Queen heard of this providence, she organized a solemn procession in honor of the Holy Ghost. Accompanied by her maids she carried her Crown through the streets of Lisbon to the cathedral, where she left it on the altar as an offering of thanksgiving for the favors the Holy Ghost had given her people. In addition, she began a tradition of feeding the poor at Pentecost. Each year she chose twelve people to whom she gave a new suit of clothing and personally served them a meal at her table. The people of the Azores vowed that they and their children and their children’s children would commemorate the day by giving thanks to their Queen for the sacrifice she made. Since then, many Portuguese churches have displayed replicas of her eight-sided crown in remembrance of her goodness and God’s grace. Later, in the 16th century, the church canonized this holy queen in recognition of the miracles that were attributed to her pious life
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When I Visit The Docks at Night
When I Visit The Docks at Night
When I visit the docks at night I enter a mystical realm;
what’s familiar in the daylight becomes a stage for a
pageant from another age –a reminder of what has been
and a plea from the past for us not to forget.
Work for the day has ended, the docks are empty.
The boats are all secured and the gulls are quiet.
It’s night and our vision is limited, but small sounds,
as from an unseen wind chime, render accompaniment.
The stage is set as the yellow glare from the tethered boats
is diffused in the mist that has descended across the harbor.
It offers a comforting aura to an audience of one
and a mellow atmosphere that softens the chill night air.
At night in the shadows cast by the pilings and the rigging
and the nearby buildings on the wharf, unseen and unheard,
I listen to the hubbub of the ancient crews as they gather
on these docks to lay in stores and ice and their very lives.
I see their dories nested on deck, the trawl tubs loaded
and the buoys and anchors assembled.
They await their voyage to the Banks and their
deployment at the proper time and place.
I see hope in those faces that their dories may
be filled with hundreds of thousands of pounds
of fish; that their payday is generous and their
return to this good port is swift and safe.
And, as I listen and watch this pageant unfold,
my wish is that all those whose voices I hear
and whose faces I see and whose hopes I feel, will return
to perform for me when I again visit the docks at night.
© Marty Luster 2012
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